Fox is not alone in being told to pay back signing bonuses. Nor is he alone in being victimized by bureaucratic nonsense. Some wounded veterans have actually been labeled as having pre-existing conditions and discharged from the service as a means of denying them treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, a common ailment for veterans coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Connecticut veterans have had their own problems with the Pentagon and Veterans Affairs bureaucracies. So it was good to hear last week that Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has created a new Veterans Advocacy Unit within his office to assist veterans and active-duty military personnel with problems related to benefits and other issues. The telephone number to call is (860) 808-5318.

Blumenthal said veterans are "angered and perplexed by the bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo."